The Red Shoes

Based On the book by Hans Christian Andersen

The Red Shoes is a 1948 British dance drama film written, produced and directed by the duo of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. It follows Victoria Page (Moira Shearer), an aspiring ballerina who joins the world-renowned Ballet Lermontov, owned and operated by Boris Lermontov (Anton Walbrook), who tests her dedication to ballet by making her choose between her career and her romance with composer Julian Craster (Marius Goring). It marked the feature film debut of Shearer, an established ballerina, and also features Robert Helpmann, Léonide Massine, and Ludmilla Tchérina, other renowned dancers from the ballet world. The metafictional plot is based on the 1845 fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen, and features a ballet within it by the same title, also adapted from the Andersen work.

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Release date:

September 6, 1948

Director:

Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell

Cast:

Marius Goring, Anton Walbrook, Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann, Léonide Massine

Genre:

Romance, Drama, Musical, Dance

Country:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Year page:

1948 in adaptations